Day of Rest!

Today we went to Bend Westside Foursquare Church with Matt and Joanne.

The White family

We really liked their church. It really felt like we were at home! Matt told me that Pastor Steve recommended this church to them when they moved here. I can see why. The sanctuary is a little smaller then New Life, but the rest of the building is huge! God is really at work here! The kids ministry is first rate! There is even a slurpee machine for the teens. The kids are served pancakes during their services. Matthew likes that!
Worship was awesome as was Paster Ken's message. I appreciate Matt and Joanne inviting us! And again there were plenty of hugs to go around. We look forward to seeing you guys again either here or in Ventura!

After service We drove through downtown Bend. We had not been here before. They were having an event called "A Taste of Bend", but because tomorrow is travel day we just drove through.

Downtown Bend

On our way to the Fred Meyers to fill up with diesel we decided to take one last drive up the Pilot Butte. although it is out of focus we thought you would get a kick out of seeing the road on the Garmin..

GPS wIndy road

Here is one last picture of the mountains above Bend. This is truly a beautiful town!

from Pilot Butte

We have really enjoyed Bend and the Sunriver Thousand Trails preserve. Next time we visit we will stay at least two weeks. Tomorrow we are cutting across the state towards the coast and heading north to Seaside. We will be there for two weeks. We have been to Seaside with Scott and Terri and of course our kids. We will be thinking of you guys when we are there.

We will update when we get to Seaside...

God Bless you,
Brian and Patty